Hi all ozmidders! I don't have any answers for you Tina - just a quick note to say that I had the great privilege to support a mum in labour over the weekend, her partner had been diagnosed and treated for lymphoma (excuse spelling) with chemo and they were told that he would be infertile as a result. After coming to terms with that they threw the contraceptives away, and they think it was probably the first time of unprotected sex that they fell pregnant. They now have a beautiful baby girl! And they collected the cord blood just in case the lymphoma in remission returns.
Love, Toni >From: "Marty & Tina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Marty & Tina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Questions - hop you can help >Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:07:40 +1000 > >Hi all, yet another question from me. I have a sister who is trying to >conceive at the moment & has been off the combined pill for approx 10 - 12 >months now. I have a few questions regarding fertility & when fertility >treatments are normally started. > >My sister is now 28yo. She had Leukaemia twice as a child the first time >at approx 5yo & the second time at approx 11 - 12 years old. Both times >she had intensive courses of chemotherapy & at least one full treatment of >cranial radiotherapy. A few of years ago she developed cervical changes & >had cone biopsy & ? laser treatment to the cervix. She now has 6 monthly >pap smears & has had the all clear for approx 2 years now. She no longer >visits a Gynaecologist. So my questions are: > >1) What are the chances that she will be able to conceive? >2) What is the time frame now that O & G's use before performing >fertility testing? >3) In light of her history, should she just go straight to fertility >testing instead of waiting the required > length of time? >4) Is there a specific length of time recommended to wait after having a >Hx of Cervical changes before > conceiving? > >I am sure there are many more questions I could ask but these are the main >ones that come to mind. Hoping someone may have some answers or a >reference to information that I could obtain. Is there anyone out there >who has had some experience with someone in a similar situation to my >sister? > >Just another bit of information that you may find interesting... the last >time she went into remission my mother was told by a Doctor (think it was >an O & G) that if my sister was to ever have children that she would "have >to have a c/section" there was no reason given why & I can't workout the >relevance of such a statement at that stage in her life (she was probably >about 14yo). Therefore this is always in the back of her mind & my mother >always asks why she would have been told this with so much conviction by >the Doctor (you can probably imagine my response to this). > >Anyway, thanking you all in anticipation. > >Tina H. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
